Publish What You Pay (PWYP)-Nigeria Extracting Accountability June 2017 Newsletter is out. As usual, we hope that you will find it informative and useful.
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On 20th June 2017, the Open Government Partnership (OGP) subcommittee on extractives had their inaugural meeting to fashion out plans to address myriads of challenges facing Nigeria’s development. The meeting was declared open by the Mr. Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Solid Minerals who is also the Chairman, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives – NEITI. The extractive subcommittee meeting took decision on lots of extractives issues and set the ball rolling on other burning issues, like sales, production data transparency, under open data initiatives of Open Government Partnership.
Publish What You Pay-Nigeria (PWYP) joins Michael Uzoigwe and the entire extractive transparency advocacy families in Nigeria and the Globe to commiserate with Uzoigwe’s family over the death of their father Pa. Everistus Uzoigwe.
The Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria with support from Ford Foundation organized a two-day workshop on strengthening the civil society engagement on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) standards.
The
workshop was centered on three core objectives, (1) to improve civil
society participation in EITI processes, (2) to engage EITI process and
devolve it to local communities, (3) to improve multistakeholder
involvement in governance.
Group Asks FG To Declare Anambra Oil Producing State
The Oil and Solid Mineral Producing Area Landlord’s Association of Nigeria, OMPALAN, has called on Federal Government to accord Anambra State full status of an oil producing state.
The
Association admonished the Nigerian state to treat oil block allocation
with utmost sincerity and openness; this is in order to make sure the
process is not hijacked by political manipulation.
Extractive Sector Corruption Media Report: June 2017
The reason PWYP – Nigeria collates and reproduces media report of corruption in the extractive is to ensure that they are kept on the front burner of the national fight against corruption until something happens. The flash of corruption report and the sudden seal lips and cold pens have contributed to corruption cases being forgotten or kept unattended to.
The
Community Development Agreement (CDA) in the Solid Minerals Sector is
aimed at promoting a harmonious and mutually beneficial relationship
between the Mining Companies and their host Communities. The CDA formed
part of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act (NMMA), 2007.
The
effective restructuring of the Petroleum Industry in Nigeria is one of
the major objectives of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB).
An in debt analysis of the provisions of the PIGB reveals that the bill
when passed into law would unbundle Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and the Petroleum Industry.
The
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established in 2000 by
the NDDC Act. The Act repealed the Oil Mineral Producing Areas
Commission Decree 1998 and established the NDDC with a reorganized
administrative structure for increased effectiveness. The commission was
created largely as a response to the demands of the people of the Niger
Delta who have continued to agitate and articulate demands for greater
autonomy and control of the region’s petroleum resources.
Mr.
Lumumba Okugbawa, Acting General-Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), affirms that Petroleum
Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) is a great tool for achieving effective
reform in the oil and gas sector.
In this interview with Mr. Audu Liberty Oseni, the editor “Extracting Accountability” he speaks on some topical issues. Extract:
